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@c20society.bsky.socialNEWS: We’re pleased to announce that Berthold Lubetkin’s Festival of Britain bus shelter in Hillesley, Gloucestershire, has been listed Grade II, following a recent application by C20. The Cotswold vernacular structure is believed to be a unique example of Lubetkin working in a traditional manner.
@c20society.bsky.social🗓️ For October’s Building of the Month, Clare St George explores Herbert Shepherd’s Paddington Library (1923-29), and the importance of saving those buildings that play a secondary role to the activity taking place within them.
➡️ Read more: c20society.org.uk/building-of-...
@c20society.bsky.socialNEWS: C20 is extremely disappointed to learn that a Certificate of Immunity from listing has been issued by DCMS for 10 Cabot Square in Canary Wharf. Designed by Skidmore, Owings & Merrill in a Chicago style Beaux-Arts revival and built 1988-91, the Society had recommended it be listed Grade II.
@c20society.bsky.socialJoin C20 for Hot off the Press: a study day on the role of architecture magazines – such as Architectural Design, L’Architecture d’aujourd’hui and Casabella – in disseminating ideas and knowledge.
🗓️Sat 7 Nov 2026, 9am-6pm
📍 AB Gallery, Farringdon
🎟️ Tickets: secure.c20society.org.uk/Default.aspx...
@samiraahmeduk.bsky.socialReposted by @c20society.bsky.socialEncounter at @slapstickfest.bsky.social: Victorian v @c20society.bsky.social presidents face off..
@lukasnovo.bsky.socialReposted by @c20society.bsky.socialOriginal interiors of Barbican flats look a little different that you would expect.. Thank you London Archives for displaying the sales brochure!
@lukasnovo.bsky.socialReposted by @c20society.bsky.socialCover star of Chemical Brothers album – Harlow's Grade II* Lady of Fatima, (1960) by Gerard Goalen. Unassuming from the outside, but 💥inside. Visited with @c20society.bsky.social
@livunipress.bsky.socialReposted by @c20society.bsky.socialNew Towns Mark One by the late Elain Harwood, ed. @alistairfair.bsky.social provides the first detailed architectural survey of the ‘mark one’ new towns.
➡️ Read the interview with Alistair about the book on the LUP blog: bit.ly/HE-NewTowns
@c20society.bsky.social @geraintfranklin.bsky.social
@samiraahmeduk.bsky.socialReposted by @c20society.bsky.socialThe joy of Brutalism. A @c20society.bsky.social celebration! A lot of love in the (Purcell) Room this afternoon.
@dezeen.comReposted by @c20society.bsky.socialRichard and Su Roger's seminal house in London "gifted to the nation":
https://www.dezeen.com/2026/09/09/22-parkside-richard-su-rogers-national-trust/
@wallpapermag.bsky.socialReposted by @c20society.bsky.socialThe modernist Rogers House, or 22 Parkside, in Wimbledon, has been given to the nation by the Rogers family www.wallpaper.com/architecture...
@news.architectsjournal.co.ukReposted by @c20society.bsky.socialRichard Rogers’ pioneering Modernist home, 22 Parkside in Wimbledon, is to open to the public after being gifted to the nation by the late architect’s family
@c20society.bsky.socialNEWS: The Society is thrilled that 22 Parkside in Wimbledon, the pioneering Grade II* listed modernist home by Richard and Su Rogers, has been gifted to the nation and taken into the care of the @nationaltrust.org.uk
➡️Read more: c20society.org.uk/news/richard...
@c20society.bsky.socialBREAKING NEWS: We're delighted to announce that 1 Embankment Place (1986-91) in the City of Westminster, Sir Terry Farrell's Post-Modern 'Palace on the River', has been Grade II listed by DCMS following support from C20 Society.
➡️ Read more: c20society.org.uk/news/farrell...
@c20society.bsky.socialEVENT: Join C20 and Adam Nathaniel Furman for the launch of the new book 'Chromatic Architecture' and a special lecture exploring why are architects afraid of colour?
📅 Tuesday 3 November 2026 at 6:30pm – 8pm
📍BDP Clerkenwell, EC1V 4LJ
🎟️ Book tickets: secure.c20society.org.uk/Default.aspx...
@samiraahmeduk.bsky.socialReposted by @c20society.bsky.socialBrutal alert: Our Sun Sep 27th 4pm @c20society.bsky.social Brutalism event - where else but at the Southbank Centre's Purcell Room - newly listed! only has a few tickets left! www.southbankcentre.co.uk/whats-on/bru...
@c20society.bsky.socialEVENT: Join us for C20 Open Mic - Volume 4
🗓️ Thu 15 Oct 2026, 6:30-7:45pm
📍 BDP Clerkenwell, EC1V 4LJ
🎟️ Book tickets: secure.c20society.org.uk/Default.aspx...
Its the autumn instalment of out short talks from early-career researchers and practitioners. All tickets just £5, including 🍷
@samiraahmeduk.bsky.socialReposted by @c20society.bsky.socialCooling towers! Rightly celebrated by Artist Prunella Clough in Pallant House’s excellent exhibition on British landscapes. @c20society.bsky.social
@c20society.bsky.socialGood News Friday: The historic Electric Cinema (1909) on Station Street in Birmingham has been officially added to the city’s Local Heritage List. The UK’s oldest working cinema before abruptly closing in Feb 2024, campaigners have opposed plans to demolish it for a 50 storey residential tower.
@c20society.bsky.social☎️ To celebrate 40 years since the very first telephone box in Britain was listed, C20 has revived its famous campaign and submitted listing applications for four more quirky and historic kiosks: in Scotland's Western Isles, the Peak District, and the Cotswolds.
